Chapter Eleven: Initial Cultivation of the Immortal's Trick

  Practicing external martial arts is extremely harmful to the body and almost comes at the cost of one's life in exchange for power.

  External family masters, once they pass forty years old, will rapidly decline. Few external family masters can live past fifty years old. Therefore, most external family masters have a bleak later life, either their martial arts skills decline and they are killed by enemies, or they are plagued by illnesses until death.

  Neijiaquan is just the opposite, and practicing it not only does not harm the body, but can also prolong life. Moreover, since internal power relies little on physical strength, even when a Neijia master's body declines with age, he can still maintain considerable martial power and will not be taken advantage of by others.

  If this "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" is really just an external family kung fu secret book, then even if he practices it to the extreme, he will only be a second-rate figure in the Jianghu.

  Fortunately, in the last part of the secret book, there was a method left behind, which stated that if the person who practiced this skill could cultivate their body to be full of energy and blood, they would be able to guide out an inner force called "Guiyuan Qi" through this method.

  The secret book also wrote that when the internal force is accumulated to the fullness of the dantian, the internal force can be input into this book, and then you can watch more profound content afterwards.

  This undoubtedly gave Xiao Ziyang a glimmer of hope, and he immediately began practicing according to the method described in the book.

  Although the book says it clearly, without the assistance of a nourishing tonic to supplement one's vital energy, cultivating this method may lead to illness and decline. However, Xiao Ziyang relies on his strong body and doesn't take it seriously.

  He assumed a very strange posture as described in the first chapter of the book, and at first he didn't feel anything, but when his posture was completely consistent with the description in the book, a very strange feeling came from the part that this set of movements mainly exercised.

  It felt like a mix of numbness, tingling, sourness, and pain all at once, combined together in an indescribably strange and unbearable way. He only managed to hold on for a moment before his movements became distorted. As soon as the movement was distorted, that feeling immediately disappeared.

  After the strange feeling disappeared, Xiao Ziyang was shocked to discover that in just a short span of ten breaths or so, he had already broken out into a cold sweat all over his body and felt unbearably hot!

  Never had he heard of any external martial art having such an immediate effect, overjoyed, he immediately assumed the same posture again.

  Although he was prepared this time, he only lasted for thirty breaths in that strange feeling. The feeling was really too unbearable, and even with his tenacity, he couldn't hold on.

  Xiao Ziyang continued to follow the movements in Chapter One. He found that these different postures were actually aimed at different positions of muscles and bones, and a complete set of movements could exercise all the muscles and skeletons throughout his body.

  Xiao Ziyang went through the movements in Chapter One, spending no more than half a time unit. He was already drenched in sweat, and his winter clothes were soaked through. The ground within three feet of where he stood was also splashed with sweat!

  He only felt extremely exhausted. In the past, when he was in a bad mood, he would practice bitterly for a whole day, but he wouldn't feel as tired as this!

  At this time he only felt unbearable hunger and had no appetite.

  He knew how bad this book was.

  Xiao Ziyang hastily climbed onto the bed and began massaging the acupoints as described in the book.

  After a massage, his fatigue was greatly relieved, and the irritability in his heart also disappeared. However, the hunger in his stomach grew even stronger.

  He hastily grabbed a few buns from the table and swallowed them in two or three mouthfuls, but it didn't make any difference.

  He hastily changed into a dry set of clothes, and Xiao Ziyang walked out of the room towards the main hall. However, he hadn't taken two steps when his legs suddenly went weak, almost causing him to kneel on the ground.

  Xiao Ziyang had an incredible feeling, as if he hadn't eaten or drunk anything for several days.

  He stumbled into the hall, plopped down at a table and hastily called out: "Shopkeeper, quickly bring me a pot of porridge, ten hot buns, a plate of braised pork belly, and stir-fry two small dishes, hurry up."

  If there were people from Jin Dao Bi Ju here, they would probably be greatly shocked by his current state.

  His face was pale, his hair was wet, and there were still cold sweats on his forehead, looking like a half-dead leper.

  Fortunately, it was still early at this time, and the people who went out to have fun had not returned yet.

  The dishes came up quickly, and he drank down half a pot of hot porridge in a gusty manner, only then did he feel slightly better in his stomach. Under the astonished eyes of the waiter and the few guests in the hall, the food that could have fed five big men was gone into his belly in just a moment.

  He also rubbed his round belly in surprise and dragged his legs back into the room.

  After eating so much, he didn't dare to sleep, so he lay on the bed and started massaging according to the enhanced organ function acupressure method recorded in Chapter 1 of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan".

  After a massage, he was surprised to find that a warm current had emerged in his internal organs, and the peristalsis of his intestines had accelerated significantly.

  In less than half an hour, his originally slightly bulging belly had returned to its normal state.

  After the astonishment, Xiao Ziyang had some secret joy in his heart. He hurriedly followed the meditation technique recorded in the book and unknowingly entered a very deep sleep.

  The next morning, Xiao Ziyang jumped out of bed, feeling full of energy and strength, as if he had endless power. He couldn't help but feel that this cultivation manual was indeed extraordinary.

  He carefully put "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" into his chest pocket.

  Unlike before, the three escorts didn't rush everyone to set off today. It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that the porters and cart drivers rubbed their eyes, yawned, and stumbled into the inn's main hall in twos and threes.

  After rushing for nearly half a month, they rested in Qingquan Town and allowed their companions to indulge themselves, which had become an unspoken rule within the Golden Knife Escort Bureau.

  The brothers of the Golden Knife Escort Agency, familiar with each other, sat scattered in the hall in threes and twos. Some were loudly boasting about their bravery in killing three bandits single-handedly in their heyday, while others were showing off the silver they had won at the gambling den the night before. The brothers who had spent the night at the brothel were whispering to each other, occasionally bursting into a very lewd laughter.

  Xiao Ziyang sat alone at a table in the corner, sipping a pot of coarse tea, his eyes occasionally gazing out the window with a vacant expression, lost in thought.

  The companions of Jindao Biaoju all kept a distance from the corner where Xiao Ziyang was sitting when they sat down, leaving this area empty.

  As the sun gradually rose to its peak in the sky, more and more people appeared in the inn.

  Several sword-wielding, dagger-carrying rivers and lakes people sat down at a table next to Xiao Ziyang, ordered some wine and dishes, and began to engage in lofty discussions. Their loud, uninhibited voices made Xiao Ziyang's eyebrows furrow slightly as he was lost in thought.

  He was just about to finish the tea in his cup and leave the inn for a walk, but he was suddenly attracted by a name mentioned by these people, changed his mind, and listened carefully.